Legendary begginings

It is said that the Awoken were born in the Collapse, descended from those who tried to flee its wrath. Something happened to them out on the edge of the deep black, and they were forever changed. Today many Awoken live in the distant Reef, aloof and mysterious. But others returned to Earth, where their descendants now fight for the City. Earthborn Awoken who venture out to the Reef, hoping to learn its secrets, find no special welcome from the reclusive Queen... on a day quite like this founder Mackinder joined my party and posed a question nay a statement that helped us further flesh out our roll as guardians, that I myself have thought out. From personal experience and imagination I forge my own destiny every day with friends in and out of the group. so let me be so bold as to start this thread. the back story's that led our guardians to their current predicament. "it was a great day for Sebastian, he was celebrating his 78'th birthday (still youthful thanks to the traveler's light) and being praised for his 26th year as top foreman of a reputable plasteal manufacturer in freehold. his wife Ulva loved him deeply and his daughter Varga treasured every moment she spent in his presence. he would often sing the freehold anthem to her and she would in turn hum it back to him. life could not be sweeter. still Sebastian could feel a twinge in the back of his neck. a nagging ache that persisted. a Darkness that hung over him that even he could not ignore. What's worse is, he knew where his pain was coming from. It was the very source that he as a child was taught to praise and admire... the traveler. he knew something was coming, he could feel the traveler warning him of impending danger but had no idea that the danger that the traveler was trying to warn him of was the collapse, humanity's darkest days. now I could tell you how the cabal came to freehold killing its war mind, using military precision unrivaled for thousands of years to cripple its infrastructure in a matter of months. However to Sebastian it meant the loss of his wife Ulva and sending Varga on one of the last refugee ships bound for the reef. she at least was spared from the horror that was the battle of freehold. after Ulva's death and sending Varga off to an unknown fate Sebastian enlisted to the vanguard militia, titan corps. freehold was taken, but not without heavy resistance. Sebastian especially displayed valor and bravery which earned him the nickname Ares, with the loss of its war mind mars was lost to the cabal and the vanguard militia was forced to retreat to earth. Ares as he was now known became a legend in the vanguard not because he won battles( victorys in those days were few) but because he had a knack for surviving, he was one of the few defender titans to survive the battle of the six fronts he witnessed how the traveler was crippled, and he wept at its loss. ares had known war most of his life. at 187 he was one of the oldest guardians still defending earth from darkness and fate would reward him for his efforts one last time... By this time the awoken phenomenon was well documented and many awoken now served on the vanguard. some of them became titans. Ares was kind to them and often asked for awoken titans to train because of their heightened reflexes and beautiful appearance. they reminded him of his daughter Varga. one such titan he admired very much his burning orange eyes reminded him of his home planet mars, his black stained lips reminded him of the ever looming darkness he faced every day and Ares swore he could see a light burn in him. He was the fiercest awoken titan he'd ever seen. best pupil he ever had. they had fought many battles together and preferred him over all others to watch his back he knew him only through his handle, reaper. Before Rasputin went offline he had warned of large numbers of fallen and hive converging on Russia, Russians were evacuating and the vanguard was mobilized once again. Ares and reaper were no exception. en route to the cosmodrome, Reaper had one more surprise for Ares. Reaper had started to sorrowfully hum the freehold anthem, Ares might as well have had heard a Ghost. memory's from a century ago flooded his mind and tears started to stream down his face as he started to sing the anthem of freehold. Ares asked "were did you learn that tune" Reaper replied "my mother used to hum it to me, she was one of the few freehold survivors before she...woke up." Ares quivered as he asked the question "is your mother..." reaper answered before he could finish "varga...?" he then laughed "so she did know" and then said to ares "to think I get to die with my grandfather...I guess I am lucky after all" his laughing grew louder "If only id known sooner" reaper said jokingly. "Die?" replied Ares "what do you mean she knew..?" reaper told him of varga's survival and her "visions" how family is forged in fire and how their impending death was destiny. Ares then asked "tell me your name before we meet our end" "its seanzee" said reaper "and our light wont be extinguished easily"